Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Congress / Kotz / Politics / Presidential Politics / The Economy Phil Bredesen's Own Words Sabotage His Health Care Reform Pitch
Posted by Pete Kotz on Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM
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A story yesterday in the Wall Street Journal said it all, quoting Governor Phil Bredesen as saying that "advocacy groups don't matter nearly as much as the
pharmaceutical groups, the hospitals, the doctors' groups. There's a
lot of very powerful interest groups that will play in this thing."
This is Phil's idea of health care reform. Cut a deal with the guys who've screwed us all these years, and exclude those who represent consumers. It's the same method Dick Cheney used to create the current energy policy. That worked out well, didn't it?
Consider it Exhibit A -- with no need for further evidence -- for why Bredesen is a wretched choice to lead Obama's health care initiative. This is one of those rare issues where both right and left agree. Working people face carved coverage each year while simultaneously paying double-digit increases. Businesses can't afford to do right by employees because the tab now includes too many zeros. But Phil just wants to return to 1988 and just repeat the entire process.
If Obama actually chooses Bredesen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, take it as a sign there is no God -- and that the president will soon exhume Andrew Jackson to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Update: Bredesen admits he's not likely to get the job.
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Oh, that's not the only pearl to have fallen from Phil's mouth regarding people who need health care. Remember his comment that he decided to "amputate" TennCare enrollees? Yeah, he's a real humanitarian.
Why would they even consider him? He doesn't know Washington, is extremely thin-skinned, has no record of having ever worked collaboratively with legislators, didn't support Obama, has an awful healthcare record, and is really just a smart, rich moderate Republican and little more.
He's the opposite of a Tom Daschle.
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on February 11, 2009 at 11:28 AM
